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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Polar Bear, Silver
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-body portrait of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) designed by Canadian wildlife artist Glen Loates, depicting the animal standing atop a small rise in an Arctic ice field with its head turned to the side. The composition is set against vivid radial sunburst lines that radiate from the central motif, creating a dramatic decorative finish across the field. A paw print privy mark appears on the reverse, alongside the coin's purity and weight designation FINE SILVER 1OZ ARGENT PUR 9999, the legend CANADA, the date 2022, and the artist's initials GL. |
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| Reverse lettering | FINE SILVER 1OZ ARGENT PUR 9999 CANADA 2022 GL |
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Canada's bullion silver Maple Leaf program has carried the polar bear design as part of its wildlife series, though the Royal Canadian Mint has issued so many overlapping collector and bullion variants in recent years that distinguishing individual releases by reference number has become practically essential. The two RCM catalog numbers here — 203410 and 203464 — likely reflect packaging or market variants of the same strike, a common RCM practice for simultaneous domestic and international distribution channels.
.9999 fine silver was adopted by the RCM as its bullion standard in 1998, edging out the previous .9993 fineness to claim the title of world's purest mainstream silver bullion coin at the time.